Georgia women thump Clemson

Georgia (7-1) captured the doubles point and then won five of the six singles matches over the Tigers (5-4). The Georgia' duo of sophomore Tina Hojnik and freshman Agata Cioroch clinched the doubles with an 8-4 victory at No. 3 over Ana Stiglic and Laurence Jayet.

In singles, the Lady Bulldogs jumped out to a 3-0 advantage with straight set wins from Hojnik at No. 4 and Lori Grey at No. 2. Cioroch improved to 7-0 on the year, clinching the match for the Lady Bulldogs with a 6-2,6-2 win over Stiglic at No. 5. Georgia sophomore Ann Nguyen defeated Milena Stanoytcheva 6-3,6-2 in the No. 2 match to make it 5-0.

Clemson got on the board, winning at No. 6. Freshman Anna Dolinska outlasted senior Christa Grey 6-4,7-5. The last match to finish was at No. 1 between Georgia's Mariel Verban and Clemson's Anna Savitskaya. After splitting sets, the pair opted to play a 10-point match tiebreaker in lieu of a third set, and Verban won it 10-7.

Georgia coach Jeff Wallace said he was pleased with how his team performed Thursday.

''I thought we did a good job in our first match outside following the indoor season,'' said Wallace. ''It was great to see us perform at this level.''

Georgia returns to action Sunday against No. 19 South Carolina.

This article published in the Athens Daily News on Friday, March 2, 2001.